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Cohesion Officer NEW Salford Council Posted today Salford £41,551 to £44,711 Expires on 07/04/2025

Salford NHS Clinical Commissioning Group

United Kingdom

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GBP 30,000 - 50,000

Full time

7 days ago

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An established authority is seeking a dedicated Cohesion Officer to join their resilience and cohesion team. This role focuses on enhancing community safety and cohesion across Salford, working closely with various stakeholders including the Police and Fire Service. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in community engagement, project management, and communication skills. This position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in the community, ensuring public safety and fostering positive relationships among diverse groups. Join a passionate team committed to improving the lives of residents and creating a safer, more inclusive environment.

Continuous Service Commitment

Guaranteed Assessment Schemes

Diverse and Inclusive Culture

Experience in developing local responses to cohesion issues.
Ability to build trusted relationships with communities and partners.

Deliver and monitor project plans to enhance community cohesion.
Build strong links with communities and key stakeholders.

Community Cohesion

Project Management

Communication Skills

Relationship Building

Public Safety Awareness

Relevant Degree or Equivalent Experience

About us
The Cohesion Officer will work in the resilience and cohesion team within Salford's community safety department which is accountable to Salford's Community Safety Partnership (CSP).

The overarching aim of the Community Safety Partnership is to build safer, stronger, more resilient communities in Salford and reduce the fear of crime by:

Driving down crime
Reducing serious violent crime
Tackling anti-social behaviour
Building resilient communities
Reducing offending

About the Role

The Cohesion Officer will work within Salford's Community Safety Department to help develop and deliver Salford's cohesion priorities across the city and to support the priorities and decision making of Salford's Community Safety Partnership and Salford City Council.

Key Responsibilities:

Providing the delivery and monitoring of high quality project plans and projects reducing the risk of people being drawn into terrorism and promoting community cohesion for those who live, work and are educated in Salford.
Play a key role in building and maintaining strong links with communities of interest to improve community cohesion and foster positive relations in support of the council’s public sector equality duty.
Play a key role in maintaining effective relationships with a wide range of partners across the city including the Police, Fire Service and other key stakeholders represented on community safety partnership.
Play a key role in protecting and maintaining public safety.
To be able to articulate clearly the need for community safety projects and the impact of these on communities across Salford.

About you

We are looking for a person with:

Experience in developing and delivering effective local responses to tackling cohesion issues within communities.
An ability to build and maintain strong, trusted relationships with local communities, key public and third sector partners.
A high level of written and verbal communication skills, engendering commitment across groups from all levels of organisations.
To carry out all duties with full regard to Salford City Council’s Equality and Diversity and Health & Safety policies.
Personally embraces the Council’s values of Pride, Passion, People and Personal Responsibility, and embodies these values in everything you do.

If you would like further information or have any questions about the role please get in touch with Denee Cassidy, Resilience & Cohesion Team, via [emailprotected]; please note that any applications or CVs submitted to this email will not be accepted.

We will not be accepting candidates who require a sponsorship for this position.

Want to know more about Salford?
As an authority we are dedicated to improving the lives of our residents, and as an employer we are passionate about helping individuals to thrive in their work. We are committed to developing a diverse and inclusive culture and are proud of our professional accreditations which champion this.

Find out about our city as a place to live, work & grow, and learn more about the amazing work we are doing. You’ll also find out about the wealth of benefits we have to offer you here!

Continuous Service commitment
New employees can keep their service related benefits when moving between a whole host of public sector organisations within Greater Manchester, which include: Councils, NHS, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, Transport for Greater Manchester, as well as many others under this scheme. Find out if this applies to you here.

Guaranteed Assessment Schemes
We have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel by way of a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme. Our application forms ask you to indicate if you meet any of the criteria within this scheme, and to find out more and if you qualify please click here.

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Chorley Road, Swinton, Salford, M275DA, United Kingdom

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